François BENOIT

Born

2 June 1796 , Longueuil, Lower Canada

Died

abt. 1871 , Québec Province, Canada

Parents & Family of François BENOIT

Explore parents, grandparents, spouses, children, and the family connections surrounding François BENOIT.

Parents

François BENOIT dit LIVERNOIS Amable DAIGNEAU (DENIAU)

Grandparents

Explore grandparents

Spouse & Children

View family relationships1 recorded relationship(s)

Family Tree

Open family tree View pedigree chart

Born: 2 June 1796 in Longueuil, Lower Canada

Father: François BENOIT dit LIVERNOIS

Mother: Amable DAIGNEAU (DENIAU)

Paternal grandparents: François BENOIT , Angélique-Genevieve LAMOUREUX

Maternal grandparents: Louis DENEAU (DENIAU) (DAIGNEAU) , Marie-Angélique GAGNÉ

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

François married Anastasie DESLIERES dite BONVOULOIR 21 February 1832 in Boucherville, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Anastasie DESLIERES dite BONVOULOIR was born 5 April 1812 in Boucherville, Lower Canada . Anastasie was the child of Jean-Baptiste DESLIERES dit BONVOULOIR and Marie-Amable DALPE dite PARISEAU.

François BENOIT died abt. 1871 in Québec Province, Canada.
Details of the family tree of François appear below.

Spouse & Children of François BENOIT

Hide Family & Children

François BENOIT married

Anastasie DESLIERES dite BONVOULOIR
Marriage date: 21 February 1832
Marriage place: Boucherville, Lower Canada

See marriage record for François BENOIT and Anastasie DESLIERES dite BONVOULOIR
Anastasie DESLIERES dite BONVOULOIR was the child of Jean-Baptiste DESLIERES dit BONVOULOIR and Marie-Amable DALPE dite PARISEAU

Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec

Children of François BENOIT and Anastasie DESLIERES dite BONVOULOIR

Leocadie BENOIT

Born: abt. 1850, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Laurent BRAULT 30 November 1872 Place: Mont-Saint-Grégoire, Le Haut-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

RESEARCH CONTEXT

Québec Genealogy Notes

Helpful background for understanding names and places that may appear in François's Québec records.

Québec Place Names Through History

Québec has been described by several names during different periods of its history. Knowing the period name can make older records easier to recognize.

Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

Add Life Event

Have another record or photo?
Add a life event, census record, military record, obituary, achievement, or photograph for François BENOIT.

Life & Records

Photos, life events, and historical records for François BENOIT.

Hide Life & Records

How to read this timeline
Records about François BENOIT and family appear alongside historical events from the same years. Each item is labeled so you can quickly tell family records from historical context.

Show:

Use these buttons to focus on the ancestor's own records or the wider historical context.

Birth — 1796
2 June 1796
Longueuil, Lower Canada

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1832 Marriage / Partner
François BENOIT and Anastasie DESLIERES dite BONVOULOIR 21 February 1832, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

He was 35 years old.

1836 - July 21 - Opening of the first railway in Canada from La Prairie to St. Jean, Quebec

1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1867 - Canada becomes a sovereign nation by an act of the British Parliament (the British North America Act). Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick are united as the Dominion of Canada.